Business intelligence and data analysis software
Technology category · O*NET
Business intelligence and data analysis software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 117 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 86th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.
A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.
Example software & tools
Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.
| Software / tool | Occupations | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Tableau | 73 | Hot In demand |
| IBM Cognos Impromptu | 53 | |
| Qlik Tech QlikView | 49 | |
| MicroStrategy | 46 | |
| Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition | 45 | |
| Microsoft Power BI | 25 | Hot In demand |
| Apache Spark | 16 | Hot In demand |
| Alteryx software | 8 | Hot In demand |
| Google Looker Analytics | 6 | Hot In demand |
| TIBCO Spotfire | 4 | |
| Business intelligence software | 3 | |
| Actuate BIRT | 2 | |
| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence | 2 | |
| IBM Digital Analytics | 2 | |
| MapReduce big data software | 2 | |
| Micosoft SQL Server Analysis Services SSAS | 2 | |
| AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) | 1 | |
| Atlas Search | 1 | |
| BrightEdge | 1 | |
| Business intelligence system software | 1 | |
| Conductor Searchlight | 1 | |
| DataSwell | 1 | |
| Google DoubleClick | 1 | |
| Guardian Analytics FraudMAP | 1 | |
| IBM Cognos | 1 | |
| Illusions Online Illusions OnDemand | 1 | |
| Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite | 1 | |
| MICROS XBR Loss Prevention | 1 | |
| Qlik software | 1 | |
| Search engine optimization SEO software | 1 | |
| Searchmetrics Suite | 1 | |
| TIBCO Spotfire S+ | 1 |
Occupations that use Business intelligence and data analysis software
- Accountants and Auditors
- Actuaries
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Animal Scientists
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Billing and Posting Clerks
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Biologists
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Budget Analysts
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Civil Engineers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Computer and Information Research Scientists
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Credit Analysts
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
- Customer Service Representatives
- Data Scientists
- Data Warehousing Specialists
- Database Administrators
- Database Architects
- Economists
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
- Environmental Economists
- Epidemiologists
- Financial Managers
Showing 40 of 117 occupations.
How AI is used by roles that use Business intelligence and data analysis software
A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Business intelligence and data analysis software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 59.8% of the 117 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (70 roles).
Across those roles, 51.1% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 40.1% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.64 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| directive | 35.8% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| task iteration | 29.1% | you and AI go back and forth |
| learning | 18.3% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| feedback loop | 4.3% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
| validation | 3.7% | you do it; AI checks your work |
Roles behind this signal
The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.
| Occupation | Works with AI | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 36.3% | 3.0/5 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 51.1% | 3.0/5 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 44.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Advertising and Promotions Managers | 61.8% | 4.0/5 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 55.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | 51.4% | 4.0/5 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 62.6% | 3.0/5 |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 47.5% | 4.0/5 |
| Statisticians | 54.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Mathematicians | 44.6% | 4.0/5 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 47.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Political Scientists | 72.9% | 4.0/5 |
Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Business intelligence and data analysis software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.
Industries that concentrate this
Where Business intelligence and data analysis software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Business intelligence and data analysis software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.
Nationally, about 25.7% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Business intelligence and data analysis software (measured across 67 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6,617,980 | 61.5% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 6,516,930 | 28.2% |
| Finance and Insurance | 3,515,880 | 56.5% |
| Retail Trade | 2,696,040 | 17.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 2,648,550 | 43.9% |
| Manufacturing | 2,637,390 | 20.7% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 2,317,510 | 25.7% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 1,963,680 | 69.9% |
| Educational Services | 1,734,840 | 12.7% |
| Information | 1,638,120 | 56.3% |
| Construction | 1,195,520 | 14.7% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 852,120 | 19.3% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 2.75× | 70.8% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 2.72× | 69.9% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 2.39× | 61.5% |
| Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 2.38× | 61.2% |
| Engineering Services | National industry | 2.22× | 57.1% |
| Finance and Insurance | Sector | 2.2× | 56.5% |
| Information | Sector | 2.19× | 56.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | Sector | 1.71× | 43.9% |
| Solar Electric Power Generation | National industry | 1.63× | 41.9% |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | National industry | 1.57× | 40.3% |
| Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations | National industry | 1.56× | 40.1% |
| Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers | National industry | 1.32× | 33.8% |
Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.
Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Business intelligence and data analysis software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/business-intelligence-and-data-analysis-software
Singulariki. (2026). Business intelligence and data analysis software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/business-intelligence-and-data-analysis-software
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